Follow UsDespite England amassing 407, the Three Lions registered an unwanted all-time record, with six ducks in the first innings of the second Test, on July 4 (Friday) at Edgbaston. While Harry Brook (158) and Jamie Smith (184) scored 303 for the sixth-wicket partnership, the other English batters failed big time in the second Test.
The duckathon began late on day two, when Ben Duckett got out for a five-ball duck. A ball later, Headingley centurion Ollie Pope got out playing the wrong line, for a first-ball duck. If two ducks weren’t enough on day two, England extended that on day three with a shambolic first hour.
English skipper Ben Stokes, who walked out to bat at 84/4, walked back without harming the scorers with a first-ball duck. The last three English batters - Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue and Shoaib Bashir - couldn’t open their scoring either, as England registered six ducks in the innings, the most in a Test innings for England.
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